Finance Business Partner (Research)

Reference no: 498903

Work type: Fixed Term - Full Time

Location: Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange, Port Macquarie, Wagga Wagga

Categories: Finance

• Partner with academics to deliver strategic financial insights that enable research success
• Directly influence world-class projects and decisions shaping the future of education and innovation
• Enjoy flexibility with a 35-hour work week and access to hybrid work arrangements

The role

• Full Time, Fixed Term (12 months)
• Level 7 - $101,421 to $110,819 p.a. (plus 17% superannuation)
• Wagga Wagga (All campus locations considered for the right candidate)

Are you passionate about turning numbers into insights that drive strategic decisions? As a Finance Business Partner, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the financial health of our University. Working within the Business Services Team, you’ll provide expert financial analysis, reporting, and advice to empower Faculties, Portfolios, and Divisions to make informed, compliant, and future-focused decisions.

In this role, you’ll lead initiatives that enhance financial governance, deliver accurate and timely reporting, and support key projects such as cost-pricing systems and research budgeting. Your expertise will help build financial capability across the University, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will be based at Wagga Wagga, working closely with researchers to make a meaningful impact. You’ll collaborate with teams across multiple campuses and have access to our hybrid work model — balancing on-site engagement with work-from-home options.

About you

You’re a confident communicator and strategic problem-solver who thrives in partnership roles. You bring strong management accounting expertise and a passion for enabling research success.

You will have:

• A degree in Accounting or Finance (professional accounting body membership is desirable).
• Experience in project budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis.
• Background in management accounting or business partnering within complex environments; exposure to government funding or higher education is advantageous.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work effectively with academics and researchers.
• Familiarity with business intelligence systems and dashboard reporting

About us

We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish.

The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University – our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities – to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place.

Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.

Learn more about the Division of Finance here.

Visit our website to learn about our great range of employee benefits.

Charles Sturt University is committed to building a diverse workforce as shown through our Athena Swan Bronze Award, our Australian Workplace Equality Index Bronze Award and our membership of a range of diversity focused organisations including Diversity Council Australia and Pride in Diversity. We encourage applications from First Nations people, carers, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, neurodivergent people, and people of all age groups, genders and sexualities for all roles.

To apply

Click the Apply button and complete your application online and upload a copy of your CV. You will be asked to respond to three (3) targeted questions.

1. Describe a time when you provided strategic financial advice that influenced a business unit or organisation’s direction. How did your analysis, forecasting, or risk assessment contribute to improved outcomes?
2. Provide an example of how you have worked as part team building strong relationships with non-financial stakeholders. How did you ensure collaboration, clear communication, and accountability?
3. Tell us about a process, system, or reporting improvement you implemented within a finance function. What was the need, what actions did you take, and what measurable impact did it deliver?

This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid work visa commensurate with this position.

Further information

Additional information is available in the position description or by contacting:

Recruitment specific enquiries: Tyesha Schein | Talent Acquisition Consultant | tschein@csu.edu.au

Job specific enquiries: Garth Schultz | Manager, Finance Liaison | gschultz@csu.edu.au

Closing Date: 11pm, 2 June 2026

Advertised: 19 May 2026 09:00 AM - AUS Eastern Standard Time

Applications close: 02 Jun 2026 11:00 PM - AUS Eastern Standard Time